Exit Here: Archetypal Journey

I want to right about the book Exit Here again because of the huge archetypal journey that the main character Travis faces. I've basically finished the book, but that book is the most that I have on my mind to write about. Travis' journey  is full of bumps yet good things do happen to him in the end.

Many positive events and people have impacted him a lot. The things is when good things do happen to Travis there is always a bad thing that happens overall, and gets rid of the good things. A person that impacted his life in a positive way was Laura (at first). When Travis went back home from college, there was a reason that he went back. The reason was because he felt that he was missing something. He didn't quite explain what that missing something was, but you eventually find out. He was missing Laura (his ex-girlfriend). It seemed that when he met Laura again his life seemed to be more back together and he felt that his life was at a good stage at the time. Positive events that effected his life was the fact that he went back in the first place. I think that all the pressure that his dad gives him is to much for him to handle, which caused the stress he had in the first place to rise. Also he realized that it was something that wasn't for him, if he kept on going to the college he was in there would have been no positives that would of happened. This retreat was a good idea to ease the pain that he had all along.

Of course as I said there's always the negative events that have to come along as well. Laura may be the positive person that affected Travis' life, but it was also the negative part. Travis found that when he and Laura were still together she slept with his friend Cliff. It was a brutal surprise since Laura definitely meant a lot to him at the time. All the negative things that happened to him were finding out who he could trust or not. So when Travis found out that Laura cheated on him it made him lose two friends that he thought he could really trust. All the bad events were a continuation of the bad impacts that people had on him.

I think Travis accomplished/ realized that you can never tell who's really your friend until they back you up when you need it or when they do something behind your back.  I also think that Travis learned to stand for his own self. He stands up for what he thinks is the right thing to do in his life, like when his dad forced him to join this college he said he didn't want to because of the fact that he just came from college and he missed his life back at home. He stood up to his dad to what he thought was the right thing to do. Travis learns more about himself wish is really an accomplishment in itself, you get to learn what's good for you and the type of person you are.

In conclusion this journey taught me not to trust everybody for who you think they are, I think that's the most important one from the book. And yes all the other things Travis learned I learned. This book is very similar to our world so it is very relatable. Travis' journey is a thoughtful one